Greet

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[Types of greetings] 1. the simple extending of the hand, whereby the vertically held palms of the right hand of both touch (mutual); 2. the same, after one has previously spat in the palm or has at least made the gesture for it (mutual); the head greeting, in which the greeter bends the head and with the crown touches the chest or abdomen of the person greeted (unilateral); the embrace with kiss on both cheeks (unilateral).

• Source: Merker, Meritz. The Masai: ethnographic monograph of an East African Semite people. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1910.
• Culture: Maasai
• Location: Africa